Workers took a break on crushed ice to cool down as they disposed of rotten frozen fish removed from cold storage units, damaged by the March 11 disasters, at the Ishinomaki fishery port in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture on Monday. Every fishing port in the Tohoku region is struggling to get hold of enough ice to cool fish catches as many cool storage units were destroyed by the tsunami.

Workers took a break on crushed ice to cool down as they disposed of rotten frozen fish removed from cold storage units, damaged by the March 11 disasters, at the Ishinomaki fishery port in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture on Monday. Every fishing port in the Tohoku region is struggling to get hold of enough ice to cool fish catches as many cool storage units were destroyed by the tsunami.

A Japanese businessman walked past an electronic monitor showing 78% of daily energy capacity in use, in a train station in downtown Tokyo on Monday. A power supply crunch in Japan is expected to begin in late July due to severely reduced energy supply, stemming from the nuclear crisis, coinciding with peak summer demand, according to Tokyo Electric Power Co.

A Japanese businessman walked past an electronic monitor showing 78% of daily energy capacity in use, in a train station in downtown Tokyo on Monday. A power supply crunch in Japan is expected to begin in late July due to severely reduced energy supply, stemming from the nuclear crisis, coinciding with peak summer demand, according to Tokyo Electric Power Co.

Cranes stood at a factory at the Keihin industrial complex in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, on Monday. Japan's core machinery orders unexpectedly fell 3.3% in April from the previous month, the Cabinet Office said on Monday, in a sign the March earthquake and tsunami hurt companies' appetite to spend on equipment and facilities.

Cranes stood at a factory at the Keihin industrial complex in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, on Monday. Japan's core machinery orders unexpectedly fell 3.3% in April from the previous month, the Cabinet Office said on Monday, in a sign the March earthquake and tsunami hurt companies' appetite to spend on equipment and facilities.

People got an overview of the tsunami-hit area, three months and two days after the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami, in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture on Monday. Authorities are bracing for an increased risk of viral and infectious disease as delays in clearing piles of the debris mount with the arrival of Japan's humid, rainy season.

People got an overview of the tsunami-hit area, three months and two days after the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami, in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture on Monday. Authorities are bracing for an increased risk of viral and infectious disease as delays in clearing piles of the debris mount with the arrival of Japan's humid, rainy season.